[PlanetCCRMA] 32 & 64 bit FC

ilya .d errordeveloper at gmail.com
Wed Oct 24 10:28:02 2007


On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 09:38:29AM -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 06:53 +0100, joey.a wrote:
> > Sorry, I am still a bit confused here. Do the various software packages
> > which are still 32 bits actually already run on 64 bit versions of FC, or
> > not?
> > 
> > If not, might I be better off installing a 32 bit version of FC initially?
> 
> The 32 bit version of fc is the one that has the most packages
> available. Stuff like pd and supercollider (as noted in a different
> thread) are missing. Depending on what software you need you might be
> better off with the 32 bit version (which will run just fine on 64 bit
> capable hardware). 
do you think there any performance improvments comparing 64bit pkgs
agains 32bit once on the same system ?
> 
> -- Fernando
> 
> 
> > Unfortunately, problems arose during the partitioning of my laptop in
> > preparation for installing FC, so it is still with my 'expert'. Consequently
> > I can't yet just try it to see.
> 
> 
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